Former Water Tower Approximately 30 Metres North of Nethercott House is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. A Victorian Water tower.
Former Water Tower Approximately 30 Metres North of Nethercott House
- WRENN ID
- riven-turret-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Water tower
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- SS 563 068
- Coordinates
- 50.84324, -4.04118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This former water tower, located approximately 30 metres north of Nethercott House, is likely from around 1871. It features rubble walls and a pyramidal tile roof topped with a finial. The structure is square in shape, with each side having a rectangular opening just below the eaves. There is a narrow doorway on the west wall, which has a plank door. The water tank inside has been removed.
Local climate
Former Water Tower Approximately 30 Metres North of Nethercott House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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